malzahar is in a bad spot

ever since his rework malzahars voidlings HAVE been a problem and its the simple fact that over half of his damage comes from that single ability. the only time you see a malzahar patch now is a nerf to his voidlings. as of now his laning phase is pretty bad. only way for malzahar to get back mana is through visions, and the only way to make your voidlings attack a particular target is through visions. so during laning phase i have to choose whether i want to farm or not whereas the opposition can do both. the very instant i cast visions on a minion to farm i am completely vulnerable. voidlings will ignore the champ due to the visions targeting and i have no other ability to rely on to stop them save my q (and r if im post 6). both of which barely do any damage to warrant use and thats IF i land the skillshot of q.

the problem with malzahar is that he has too much counterplay as of right now. attack him when visions is on minions, attack him when his voidlings are down and buy qss. malzahar players have to think too much of when and where to use their abilites vs other mages and its frustrating because i am trying to have fun with this champ but its hard when every choice i make completely locks me out of the other and that other players can punish me accordingly even though i am playing right.

now.....with all that over, hopefully these latest nerfs will finally let them be able to bring some damage into the rest of his kit becuase having to rely on just 1 ability to do your damage for you isnt very fun. it gets old pretty fast. rant over.